Why I got a nintendo 64 back in the day

Some games probably wouldn't have played that good if they weren't on a cartridge; both formats have their pros and cons, I just would have liked to have seen CDs used instead of cartridges because you could fit more data on them, the games would have cost less, and the life cycle of the console would have been longer.

To me Diddy Kong Racing is the best racing game on the N64. The console was great for 3D platformers, racers, shooters, and wrestling. The WCW vs NWO games were so much fun. And I still remember all the time I spent playing Goldeneye blowing a bitch up with some proximity mines. It's a shame that there hasn't been a good James Bond game since then.

I wouldn't say the N64 outclassed the PSX, but it definitely was more fun and innovative than the PSX was.
 
Oh yeah, they do have their own pros and cons, I would agree. I mean, just as Zelda wouldn't have worked with discs, Final Fantasy wouldn't have worked with cartridges.

But, in my mind, discs have always been superior to cartridges, I agree, Nintendo should have went with discs instead of cartridges for the N64.
 
WWF No Mercy is, I've said it before, the best Wrestling game ever.

OoT is in the top 5 best adventure games ever.

GoldenEye is in the top 5 best shooters ever.

A shitload of games were a lot of fun back then. Mario 64 was great. Diddy Kong Racing was awesome (and better than mario kart!). A shitload of other games were fun as well.. can hardly remember them all. I loved it when for the first time my lvl 100 pokemon came to live and actually served a purpose.

I know some people see the N64 as a failure. I think it's a very good console actually. I disliked the GC way more and I think the Wii is a failure. Glad I made the switch to microsoft back in 2003.
 
To me the failure was the GameCube. The controller looked awful and I never got the decision going with mini DVDs unless you're deeply afraid of bootleggers. Also there weren't any games that warranted me going out and purchasing a console that wasn't selling. The only game I wanted to play was RE4, but it wasn't worth me going out and purchasing a GameCube just to play it.

I don't consider the N64 a failure. It was innovative. The console was the first with an analog stick along with a d-pad, a trigger, rumble support, and standard multiplayer without having to buy an additional peripheral. Plus the games offered a shitload of fun which alot of today's games are seriously lacking. What hurt it was going with cartridges instead of CDs, but going that route would have probably made the console itself more expensive. But the good thing about cartridges is that they last.

All this nostaligia is making me miss my SNES now.
 
I don't understand how or why anyone could hate on the N64. I can still recall playing Mario 64 for the first time and loving every minute of it.

I can also remember being a huge fan of the severely over looked "Mischief Makers" when non of my other friends would give it a 2nd glance for the soul purpose of it NOT being 3-D -_-; (I still want that game to make it's way to the Virtual Console)

The only thing I don't like about the N64 NOW is that it gave birth to one of the most overrated competitive video game series' of all time... Smash
 
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